Lamb Shift and Fine Structure ofn=2inCl35xvi

11 December 1978

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 41 (24), 1652-1655
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.1652

Abstract

We have measured the wavelengths of the

2 s {}^{3}S_{1} - 2 p {}^{3}P_{2}

and

2 s {}^{3}S_{1} - 2 p {}^{3}P_{0}

transitions in Cl xvi to be 613.825±0.013 Å and 705.854±0.076 Å. Our precision is sufficient to provide measurements of the

2 s_{\frac{1}{2}} - 2 p_{\frac{1}{2}}

and

2 s_{\frac{1}{2}} - 2 p_{\frac{3}{2}}

Lamb shifts to an accuracy of ±0.3% and to test quantum electrodynamics (QED) theory in the strong-field region. We compare our results with the one-electron QED theories of Mohr and Erickson and discuss the accuracy of calculations of electron correlation in two-electron atoms.

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